Unusual travel destinations: World's weirdest places to visit

By Ben Groundwater
Updated October 10 2016 - 6:15pm, first published 3:57pm
The Day of the Dead festival in Oaxaca, Mexico.  Photo: Tino Soriano
The Day of the Dead festival in Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo: Tino Soriano
Salvation Mountain built by artist Leonard Knight.  Photo: Simon Willms
Salvation Mountain built by artist Leonard Knight. Photo: Simon Willms
Door to Hell, Turkmenistan.
Door to Hell, Turkmenistan.
Santa Maria Atzompa, Oaxaca. Photo: Tino Soriano
Santa Maria Atzompa, Oaxaca. Photo: Tino Soriano
Lago Atitlan, Guatemala.  Photo: Colin Brynn
Lago Atitlan, Guatemala. Photo: Colin Brynn
Yurt camp by Khovsgol Lake, Mongolia.  Photo: Tan Yilmaz
Yurt camp by Khovsgol Lake, Mongolia. Photo: Tan Yilmaz
The Eduard Bolhen wreck on the Skeleton Coast, Namibia.   Photo: Martin Harvey
The Eduard Bolhen wreck on the Skeleton Coast, Namibia. Photo: Martin Harvey

There is a certain enjoyment in being completely confused. It's a reason some of us travel: to be baffled, to be surprised, to be shocked. To look around at our foreign surroundings and have absolutely no idea what's going on.

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